Un – Holy Communion
January 12th, 2007 · Posted in Christianity, Theology · 10 Comments
It’s hard to believe — but Gregory Dickow is selling a product he calls:The Power of Communion: Receiving the Favor of God. For a mere $40 a month you get:
* A 30-day supply of communion elements to help you establish the habit of receiving communion as a part of your daily lifestyle.
* The Power of Communion: Receiving the Favor of God message on audio CD or cassette tape.
* A Communion prayer card. Many people have called or written wanting the words of the prayer I use when I lead people to receive communion on our television show.
* The DVD of our TV show titled “The Power of Holy Communion†where I teach you one-on one, the meaning and power of communion.
Dickow urges us to:
Take the first step toward unleashing the power of God’s favor in your life today by learning the power of communion. I encourage you to take communion today over a situation where you don’t feel God has turned to your favor. Then that situation will change because God has a blood-bought oath to show you His favor through His precious body and through His precious blood.
And I always thought the Sacrament was to help us remember the body and blood of Christ broken and shed for the forgiveness of our sins — not to change situations we don’t feel “God has turned to our favor”.
This brings to mind 2 Timothy 4:3:
For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths.
February 10th, 2007 at 2:11 am
I respond to this idea with Communion for Fun and Profit?
February 10th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
We focus so much on what God can do for us, rather than us for God. He calls us to serve, not be served. We’ve got it all bassakwards.
February 11th, 2007 at 6:12 am
Thanks to both for reading, commenting, and “giving me a plug”. I agree with the folks at Church Website design — God calls us to serve, not be served. We truly have got it all bassakwards!
December 5th, 2007 at 12:44 am
I don’t think you fully understand communion and what God has provided us with in this gift. The Word has MANY MANY things to say about communion and before you criticize Pastor Greg for teaching the truth, I suggest you listen so that you can understand all the scriptures involved. I think you will learn something you didn’t know before. I know I did. We don’t take communion just to ‘remember’ and that’s all. We take it because there is POWER in his body and blood to CHANGE circumstances. Jesus didn’t die on the cross just for us to remember Him…He died so that we could LIVE and be overcomers in this life…
What happened, Bill, when the children of Israel were to told to partake of the WHOLE animal that was sacrificed? And did you know that when we partake of the body and the blood that we usher in God’s wisdom? Are you aware that the Bible teaches this? ANd there is so much more in the Bible concerning communion…
Please do some study on this before you attack a minister who is preaching the Word on this….and seeing real miracles in his church on a weekly basis. He is choosing to believe God. I think we all need to do that…
Pastor John.
December 5th, 2007 at 9:18 am
John — Thanks for reading my blog and adding to the discussion here. I have several problems with what Greg Dickow is doing. First, I believe that he is trying to make a profit off of the sacrament. Secondly, I believe that the sacrament is a way for us to remember what Jesus did for us. The power is not in the elements but in the Holy Spirit that works through the elements to help us remember Christ’s sacrifice for us and strengthens us to live in His ways.
October 27th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Bill:
I believe that we are in an age when too many are trying to sell something that was already paid for on the cross.
The scripture warns us that in the last days there will be those that try to preach the Gospel for “filthy lucre’s” sake.
October 27th, 2008 at 10:32 am
I could not agree more!
January 4th, 2009 at 5:06 am
I agree with John and I don’t think you have a full understanding of communion and the Power in the Blood of Jesus Christ. I had a breakthrough with my probigal son [ of 6 years ]after listening to Pastor Greg and learning more about communion. We need to be very careful about knocking other Pastors and Christians as God alone is the judge….
March 14th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
As a lifelong Episcopalian, I often get in interesting discussions with my evangelical friends. While we love each other dearly, whenever we get into a heated debate about theology or philosphy, their mantra is always “You just don’t understand Scripture.” This patronizing perspective irritates me. Scripture was meant to be thought about, meditated upon, and studied. For one group of people to insist that only they understand it completely is akin to being a false prophet. I run a business that actually sells the same pre-filled Communion cups that are included in Gregory Dickow’s monthly shipments. While it would be in my own best interest to encourage these evangelical folks to have Communion every day (hey, why not three times a day!) there is a voice inside of me that tells me it would be wrong to do so. I believe that voice is know as a “conscience,” God’s second greatest gift to humankind. Unfortunately, God’d third greatest gift “free will” often gets in the way and convinces us that we know better than God.
Communion is intended to be thoughtful, meditative, bonding and special. Turning it into an everyday experience, like brushing one’s teeth, would be undermining to the power it should hold in our hearts.
God bless you Bill!
October 13th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
i was dying with aids n i took communion in my deathbed,it tok jus 2weeks 4 my weight 2 cumback,since takin it on a daily basis ive never seen any symptoms or even taken pills,im workin fultime carryin heavy thngs like aircons,people r dyin simply becos they r 2 proud 2 read or listen 2 other pastors outside their church